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Amiri Baraka

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthdate

1934-10-07

Day of Death

2014-01-09

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Amiri Baraka

Biography

Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

Filmography (29)

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self - poet

castelporziano ostia dei poeti

2025
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

2024
⭐ 5.0 Role: Self

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009
⭐ 4.4 Role: Self

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

2008
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

2008
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Return to Gorée

2007
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Turn Me On

2007
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2007
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Poets at the Living Theater

2006
⭐ 6.9 Role: Self

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

2006
⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Pact

2006
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

2005
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

2005
⭐ 6.3 Role: Rastaman

Bulworth

1998
⭐ 5.2 Role: Self

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

1997